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Interaction of Akt-phosphorylated ataxin-1 with 14-3-3 mediates neurodegeneration in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1.
Cell - 16 May 2003
Chen Hung-Kai, Fernandez-Funez Pedro, Acevedo Summer F, Lam Yung C, Kaytor Michael D, Fernandez Michael H, Aitken Alastair, Skoulakis Efthimios M C, Orr Harry T, Botas Juan, Zoghbi Huda Y
Abstract excerpt
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) is one of several neurological disorders caused by a CAG repeat expansion. In SCA1, this expansion produces an abnormally long polyglutamine tract in the protein ataxin-1. Mutant polyglutamine proteins accumulate in neurons, inducing neurodegeneration, but the mechanism underlying this accumulation has been unclear. We have discovered that the 14-3-3 protein, a multifunctional...
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